On the stageToo shy to ever appear on stage myself, I still hung around theatres like a bad smell when I was younger - lighting and set design were what I was good at.
Backstage we'd attempt to sabotage every production - us lighting geeks would wind up the sound man by putting the remote "pause" button for his reel-to-reel tape machine on his chair, so when he sat down it'd start running, ruining his cues. Actors would do scenes out of order to make our lives hell. It was great and I don't know why I don't still do it.
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chthonic, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 11:02)
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Dip me in chocolate and theow me to the thespians....Being somewhat of a musical persuasion I have been on stage a few times (drunk, in drag, exposing myself, etc, etc). But one time has stuck in the memory for some reason.......
At college doing a BA in Popular Music Studies, (why????). I was a singer at the time and one of the course modules was to sing in a choir.....no particular problem with that, however, come to the big day of our christmas concert and we are to sing a collection of pop songs (abba, beatles, ect, ect), in and old church in the middle of barnsley to the cast of emerdale! (Even seth was there god rest his soul).
Cue me turning up 15 minutes late, having to make my way to the front of the crowded church, then realising they had not put a chair out for me (assuming i wasent comming for some reason!) so i stand on my own in front of all of emerdales cast and crew, at front and center stage singing Martine McCutchinson's 'Perfect Moment' at the top of my voice.....the Shame!!!!!
P.S. Did get a good review in the local rag that week though so its not all bad.
P.P.S. No i take that back it IS pretty much all bad....oh well!
(, Mon 5 Dec 2005, 14:04, Reply)
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